“I think in general we’re pretty disappointed,” MacLeod said of the treatment afforded the health care system by the federal parties.

Nine out of 10 provincial residents believe health care is the most important issue, but the three leading parties haven’t offered much beyond promising to maintain planned increases in health care transfers to the provinces, he said.

“The idea that we would just put more money into the same health care system that we have now, without stopping for a minute to consider how we could or should improve it, and what kind of big changes we could make with that money, I think is a missed opportunity,” he said.

MacLeod outlined the OMA’s own policy platform, “Better care. Healthier Patients. A stronger Ontario,” in a speech Thursday to the Toronto Board of Trade.

The OMA made 41 recommendations including the promotion of healthier living and the expansion of Electronic Medical Records to all providers, institutions and patients.

A health care agency to provide strong oversight and long-term planning, well beyond the current four-year election cycle, would go a long way to strengthen the administration of the system, he said.